Lake Palestine

Lake Palestine: access and conditions

Lake Palestine sits at 32.1846, -95.4803. It lies at roughly 344 feet of elevation. The deepest point on record is about 16 feet. Water leaves through the location = Texas, United States.

Readings come from station 08031400 (Lk Palestine nr Frankston, TX). That put the reservoir at 92% of its conservation capacity. The conservation pool tops out at 345.0 ft. Conservation capacity is 367,303 acre-feet. The last value stored here, 343.64 ft, is from 2026-09-09. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 343.37 ft and 345.19 ft (low on 2026-09-01, high on 2026-01-25). Beach width and ramp access both move with the pool, so the number above is worth a look first.

Nearby water includes Lake Athens (Texas, 16 mi), Lake Tyler (Texas, 18 mi) and Lake Jacksonville (Texas, 22 mi). Texas has 118 lakes on this site in total.

Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here. Swimming season in Texas runs through the warm months, and day-use areas set their own opening dates. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read.

There is no beach on record at Lake Palestine in the datasets this guide reads. Screech Owl Reach, on Lake Tawakoni, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 58 miles off. A missing beach entry often just means nobody has catalogued the access point yet.